Fortis Energy describes its ready-to-build portfolio in Albania and Serbia as comprising 375 MWp of solar capacity and 112 MWh of storage. The two projects listed total 345 MWp of solar, leaving a 30 MWp gap against the stated portfolio figure.
In Albania, Erseke consists of 75 MWp of solar and 40 MWh of storage. Serbia’s Nocaj project comprises 270 MWp of solar and 72 MWh of storage. Together, the projects account for the portfolio’s stated 112 MWh of storage, but not its stated solar capacity.
Storage supports shaped renewable delivery
The figures come as corporate renewable PPAs in Southeast Europe move towards shaped green electricity, with delivery profiles designed to match industrial demand more closely than pay-as-produced solar output. Storage can shift generation into commercially useful hours, but the volumes in Fortis’s portfolio are too small to convert the full generation profile into 24-hour baseload supply. The product is not a baseload commitment from a single solar plant; it sits between pay-as-produced solar and a fully firm PPA, combining a defined renewable block with shaping capability and optional market top-up.
For corporate buyers, shaped delivery can reduce exposure to expensive evening purchases and lower imbalance. For sellers, shifting some generation can protect solar output from low midday capture prices. In this model, the battery is a contract-shaping tool rather than a standalone profit centre.
Contract terms should state whether storage is dedicated to the buyer or shared with merchant markets, how charging losses are allocated and what delivery tolerance applies during poor renewable conditions. A fixed baseload commitment without sufficient firming capacity can create more imbalance risk than it removes. Storage makes the intermediate shaped-renewable product possible.